Evanescence to shine at the Jordan Center

Alt-rock band Evanescence will be making its first-ever appearance in Happy Valley at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at the Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, with electronic rockers Julien-K in the opening slot.

Evanescence has been on the road all year supporting its sophomore release, "The Open Door," which topped The Billboard 200 chart when it was released a year ago. The set sold more than 447,000 copies its first week out and reached platinum status a month later. It has since sold nearly 2 million copies in the United States. Videos for the singles "Good Enough," "Sweet Sacrifice," "Lithium" and "Call Me When You're Sober" can be accessed at Evanescence's MySpace page.

A University Park student ticket presale begins at noon Wednesday Oct. 17, at the Bryce Jordan Ticket Center, HUB-Robeson Center, Penn State Tickets Downtown and Eisenhower Auditorium. Tickets are $20 with the sale of one ticket per ID. Lion Cash is accepted at the Jordan Ticket Center and the HUB-Robeson Center only.

Reserved and general admission tickets are $37.50 and $32.50 for the public. Tickets go on sale at noon Friday, Oct, 19. Tickets will be available at the Bryce Jordan Ticket Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Tickets Downtown, the Altoona campus ticket outlet, all Ticketmaster locations, by phone at (814) 865-5555 or (800) 863-3336 and at http://www.bjc.psu.edu/ online.